Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville 1832)

Pascula ochrostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles and Tanzania. It is also known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia.

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Bibliography

• Taylor, J.D. & M.S. Lewis (1970). The flora, fauna and sediments of the marine grass beds of Mahe, Seychelles. J. nat. Hist. 4: 199–220.
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III